WRAL – @NCCapitol (06/25/14):House OKs protest petition repeal, other reforms* Note, this article is from 2014 and does not reference either of the two bills currently in the NC Legislature. It’s included as a “book-end” to bring you up to speed with previous attempts to repeal the Protest Petition law. Although the House approved the 2014 bill, it did not succeed in the Senate.

REBIC In the Loop (03/30/15):NAIOP Members Advocate in Raleigh for Economic Incentives & Protest Petition Repeal… and one from the Real Estate & Building Industry Coalition (REBIC). It should be noted that although Representative Tricia Cotham is pictured in their article, she actually voted AGAINST H201 on March 25th. Thank you to Rep. Cotham for her efforts to defend the rights of homeowners throughout North Carolina.

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Adds the line, “In addition, the city council shall give written notice to all adjacent property owners at least 30 days prior to the date fixed for the public hearing.”

Previously, H201 stated that notice was only to be published in a local newspaper 10 days prior to the public hearing. This adds a written notice by mail, 30 days before public hearing, sent only to adjacent neighbors (which often, even in dense neighborhoods, could represent only 1 or 2 written notices if a developer plans to rezone an entire block).

Rep. Meyer voted FOR H201 in today’s session.

Amendment 3 – Introduced by Rep. Avila (Wake):

On page 2, line 48, deletes “adopted” and substitutes with “initiated”.

Effectively allows existing Protest Petitions to continue through the pipeline. On May 1, language in H201 goes into effect and no new Protest Petitions will be accepted in North Carolina.

Rep. Avila voted AGAINST H201 in today’s session.

Here’s audio from today’s House session with final discussion on H201:

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How did your District Representative vote? Follow this link so see:DID YOUR HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE VOTE FOR OR AGAINST?